Mae Martin: From ‘Feel Good’ to ‘SAP’

The Last Laugh

The Daily Beast

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

At just 35 years old, Mae Martin has been performing stand-up for more than two decades—from their teenage years at open mic nights in the Toronto comedy scene to hit one-person shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to their first-ever hour long special ‘SAP,’ which was directed by Abbi Jacobson and premieres on Netflix today. In this episode, Martin talks about everything it took to get to this huge moment in their career, including what they learned about themselves making the autobiographical Netflix series ‘Feel Good,’ the difficult decision to come out as gender nonbinary both on the show and in real life and what they make of the rise of anti-trans comedy from some of America’s most popular comedians.

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0:00.0	So, about three years ago, just as the pandemic was beginning, I watched a show about a Canadian comedian who moved to London and fell in love.
0:09.8	I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since.
0:12.7	I've never been on a date with a girl before.
0:16.1	Yeah.
0:17.3	I know, absolutely.
0:18.6	Yeah.
0:18.9	Yeah, no.
0:19.3	Yeah, yeah.
0:20.0	Okay.
0:21.6	So then would you say that you've ever kissed a girl?
0:25.6	Yeah, I mean, yeah. I'm not a Mormon.
0:27.6	Oh, okay. Yeah. Oh, that's a shame.
0:29.6	Oh, I exclusively date Mormons.
0:31.6	Oh. Well.
0:38.0	Do you like films?
0:39.2	Do you want to kiss me, mate?
0:41.1	Oh, yeah, yeah.
0:43.0	Yeah?
0:43.8	I thought that would be so cool.
0:50.0	This is the last laugh.
0:52.2	I'm Matt Wilson from The Daily Beast,
1:00.0	and that was May Martin from the first season of their brilliantly funny and moving Netflix series, Feel Good.
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